Ada Williams (actress) explained

Ada Williams
Birth Name:	Ada Williams
Birth Date:	2 June 1913
Birth Place:	Louisville, Kentucky
Death Place:	Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Spouse:	William Thomas Ince (1929-1934) Ray Dodge (1935-1975)
Yearsactive:	1929 - 1935

Ada Williams (June 2, 1913 – August 12, 1975) was an American film actress.

Biography

She was the daughter of Calvin Williams of Knoxville, Kentucky.^[1] In 1927, she won the Miss Florida beauty contest,^[2] and became first runner-up in the Miss United States contest.^[3]

Her film career began with a role was in Joy Street (1929) for the William Fox Film corporation. As she was 16 at the time, her contract needed to be validated by the California court system. She was chaperoned by her mother, A. G. Williams. In 1929, at the age of 18, she was married to William Thomas Ince, a son of a movie producer. She took the name Ada Ince, which appeared in her subsequent film credits.^{[4] [5] [6]} They were divorced in 1934.^[7] The following year, she was married to Ray Dodge, a middle-distance runner who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[8] Their daughters were named Diana Ada and Darlene Rae Dodge.^[1]

Filmography

• Joy Street (1929) as Beverly
• Common Clay^[9] (1930) as Hugh's sister
• The Vanishing Shadow (1934, Serial) as Gloria Grant
• The Fighting Rookie (1934) as Molly Malone
• Frontier Days (1934) as Beth Wilson
• Stolen Harmony^[10] (1935) as Girl in Sextette (uncredited)
• Rainbow's End^[11] (1935) as Gwen Gibson (final film role)

External links

• • Web site: Heroine of the Month for June 2006, Ada Ince . Tom Gault's Serial Experience . 2010-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215033/http://serialexperience.com/showarticle.php?fldRecNum=315 . 2010-11-30 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ray Edgar Dodge . 2010 . The Dodge Family Association . 2011-05-04 .
2. News: 'Miss Florida' plans victory at Galveston . 1 . Miami Daily . May 16, 1927 . https://archive.today/20130124165640/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6QYtAAAAIBAJ&pg=4406,5608957 . dead . January 24, 2013 . 2011-05-04 .
3. News: Ada Williams is Runner-up in Beauty Race . 2 . Miami Daily News . May 24, 1917 . https://archive.today/20130125165827/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I0AuAAAAIBAJ&pg=5933,485256 . dead . January 25, 2013 . 2011-05-04 .
4. News: Ada Williams Signs 5-Year Film Contract . Miami Daily News . August 26, 1928 . 2010-02-02.
5. News: Former Miami Beauty, Son of Movie Producer File Intention Notice . Miami Daily News . June 29, 1929 . https://archive.today/20130124200621/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19290629&id=XycvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m9QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2959,2346014 . dead . January 24, 2013 . 2010-02-02.
6. Web site: Ada Ince . AllMovie . 2010-02-02 .
7. News: Ada Ince Gets Divorce; Winner of Four Beauty Contests Wins Decree From T.H. Ince's Son . The New York Times . April 14, 1934 . 2011-05-04 .
8. News: Beauty Married Again . May 8, 1935 . Daily Boston Globe . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106160904/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2048316312.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+08,+1935&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=BEAUTY+MARRIED+AGAIN&pqatl=google . dead . November 6, 2012 . 2011-05-04 .
9. Book: Munden, Kenneth White . American Film Institute . The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Issues 1931-1940 . 141 . AFI Catalog Series . 1997 . Kenneth White Munden . University of California Press . 0-520-20969-9.
10. Web site: Ada Ince: Credits . TV Guide . 2010-02-02 .
11. Web site: Ada Ince, Filmography . TCM . 2010-02-02 .